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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. The key to innovation has been and always will be People.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. To me, a blue lobster is a person who views and organizes the world differently, who rejects the status quo, who loves to try stuff, learn, fail and try again, who is interesting because they are interested and who has impact. The key to innovation has been and always will be People.

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Preview Thursday: Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive

Lead Change Blog

Let’s see why a positive culture is vital to thriving organizations. Why is positivity important for organizations? A positive climate at work will “broaden and build” your organization because it makes people more creative, resilient, and innovative. How does your organization think and act?

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Partnering With Universities Can Help To Protect Firm’s IP

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers explain that while firms reap significant benefits from the innovations that often arise from partnering with universities, the fact that academics usually wish to publish their work in academic journals can raise fears that the secret sauce will be exposed to the wider world.

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ROI of Executive Coaching 500% Return

CO2

Understanding the ROI of Executive Coaching is crucial for organizations committed to fostering growth, innovation, and sustainable success. ROI in this context is measured not only in financial terms but also through various qualitative and quantitative improvements within an organization.

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How to Discover Your Organization’s Deep Purpose

Skip Prichard

They make sure to embed their purpose in the very operating system of their organizations. Rather than make purpose an integral part of their organizations, they deploy their announced purpose in superficial and peripheral ways, and they may abandon it altogether if they perceive that it will damage their short-term financial interests.

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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

In fact, much of my insight came from another toy-based book called Change is Like a Slinky: 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization by leadership expert, Dr. Hans Finzel. Change is Like a Slinky: 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization (2004) by Hans Finzel.

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